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Preliminary Annual Report on U.S. Holdings of Foreign Securities

8/31/2012

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WASHINGTON – Preliminary data from an annual survey of U.S. portfolio holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2011 were released today and posted on the Treasury web site at (http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/data-chart-center/tic/Pages/fpis.aspx#usclaims). Final survey results, which will include additional detail as well as revisions to the data, will be reported on October 31, 2012.

The survey was undertaken jointly by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

A complementary survey measuring foreign holdings of U.S. securities also is conducted annually.Data from the most recent such survey, which reports on securities held on June 30, 2012, are currently being processed. Preliminary results are expected to be reported on February 28, 2013.

Overall Preliminary Results

The survey measured the value of U.S. holdings of foreign securities at year-end 2011 of approximately $6.8 trillion, with $4.5 trillion held in foreign equities, $2.0 trillion held in foreign long-term debt securities (original term-to-maturity in excess of one year), and $0.4 trillion held in foreign short-term debt securities.The previous such survey, conducted as of year-end 2010, measured the value of U.S. holdings of $6.8 trillion, with $4.6 trillion held in foreign equities, $1.7 trillion held in foreign long-term debt securities, and $0.4 trillion held in foreign short-term debt securities.

Table 1.U.S. holdings of foreign securities, by type of security, as of survey dates[1]

(Billions of dollars)

Type of Security

Dec. 31, 2010

Dec. 31, 2011

Long-term Securities

6,362

6,481

Equity

4,647

4,502

Long-term debt

1,715

1,979

Short-term debt securities

402

360

Total

6,763

6,841

U.S. Portfolio Investment by Country

Table 2.U.S. holdings of foreign securities, by country of issuer and type of security, for the countries attracting the most U.S. portfolio investment, as of December 31, 2011

(Billions of dollars, except as noted)

Country or region

Total

Equity

Long-Term Debt

Short-Term Debt

1

United Kingdom

989

642

285

62

2

Canada

736

359

329

48

3

Cayman Islands

709

488

218

3

4

Japan

509

391

57

60

5

Australia

334

129

142

63

6

France

306

209

88

8

7

Switzerland

292

278

5

9

8

Germany

266

174

82

10

9

Netherlands

242

119

110

13

10

Brazil

196

155

41

*

11

Bermuda

161

135

25

*

12

Ireland

149

114

35

*

13

Korea, South

146

117

28

2

14

Hong Kong

116

112

3

*

15

Sweden

115

54

34

28

16

Mexico

108

59

45

4

17

Luxembourg

93

31

61

1

18

China, Mainland

77

75

2

*

19

Spain

76

53

22

*

20

Taiwan

72

72

*

0

21

South Africa

71

59

12

*

22

Netherlands Antilles

70

66

4

0

23

Norway

63

21

29

12

24

Italy

62

40

21

1

25

Singapore

60

48

10

2

26

India

59

55

3

1

27

Israel

58

37

19

2

Rest of world

706

409

267

31

Total

6,841

4,502

1,979

360

* Greater than zero, but less than $500 million

[1]The stock of foreign securities for December 31, 2011, reported in this survey may not, for a number of reasons, correspond to the stock of foreign securities on December 31, 2010, plus cumulative flows reported in Treasury's transactions reporting system.The final report on U.S. holdings of foreign securities as of end-year 2011 will contain an analysis of the relationship between the stock and flow data.